Fledgling steller’s jay
July 28, 2025
Steller’s jays live in the trees in my backyard. A fledgling takes its first venture into the world.
Tag: fledgling
A juvenile raven comes calling
July 17, 2018
A family of ravens lives in a tree down the street from me. I have often seen what I believe to be the same pair overhead for the past several years, often just enjoying flying around. There are other ravens around, of course, and I often see them overhead or in the trees in the […]
A juvenile steller’s jay learns to crack a nut
July 16, 2018
Updated I am lucky enough to be surrounded by the magnificent steller’s jay. A group of them live in a tall conifer across a small park from my house. (Unfortunately BC Hydro contractors opened up one part of the tree while rewiring the neighbourhood so the steller’s jays in that tree may be vulnerable.) […]
The adventures of the stellar jay fledglings
May 25, 2013
Early last Sunday morning I heard the thump of a bird hitting the glass door that leads out to my deck. I looked out and saw the bird stagger around the deck then take wing and land on the table on the deck. Birds do hit the door a few times a year and […]
Portrait of a stellar jay fledgling
August 3, 2011
For the second time this summer, a fledgling has taken refuge on my back deck and just stayed there. A few weeks ago it was a young robin. On Monday, it was a fledgling stellar jay. I had just got home and the young bird was sitting right under my feeder, not moving. the summer […]
Fledglings’ first flight
June 17, 2011
Sometimes the photos come to you. Be prepared. I have my Sony Alpha 850 with the Sigma 170-500mm on the dining room table to shoot the birds that come to my feeder. It had been a slow week at the feeder On Wednesday morning, a fledgling robin suddenly lands on my back deck, and not […]